Is there such a thing as a ten thousand dollar bill?

Answer 1

Yes, there is such thing as a US ten thousand dollar bill. They were first printed in 1863; the last ones were printed in 1945 but carried a 1934 date.

They were only issued in small quantities because $10,000 was a huge amount of money at the time, potentially several years' income for an average person. Printing of all bills greater than $100 was discontinued in 1945 due to low demand, and in 1969 President Nixon halted distribution of existing high-value bills in an effort to thwart organized crime.

Inflation has led to occasional calls for printing new higher-value bills such as $500 and possibly a new $200 denomination, but it's very unlikely anything larger than $100 will be issued due to the availability of electronic payments and concern about use of large bills by terrorists.